Reasons To Be Cheerful
By covsid67 April 2 2007
As first months under new management go, I don't think things could really have gone much better for Coventry City under Iain Dowie's leadership....
By covsid67 April 2 2007
As first months under new management go, I don't think things could really have gone much better for Coventry City under Iain Dowie's leadership....
Four impressive home wins, plus two impressive away draws, have seen us rubber-stamp the fact we will once again be playing in Division Two next season! Add to that the fact that upto ten prospective investors are looking at putting money into the club, while an American bid to buy the club could be on its way, the future finally looks bright after months (Years?) of darkness.
On the pitch, we're finally seeing performances from some players that we always knew they were capable of....
Jay Tabb finally scored his first goal for the club, closely followed by his second(!), while Dele Adebola has suddenly started scoring goals regularly (Four in six games!). And Stephen Hughes has finally started playing how we know he can (But rarely does), while Michael Mifsud is injecting some much needed pace into the side.
And, in defence, unsung hero Colin Hawkins has put in some hugely impressive displays. Maybe we shouldn't have let him go all those years ago, as keeping him might have seen us release others, who weren't up to the job, far sooner!
The only problem with Hughes and Adebola suddenly impressing is that they might yet still be here after the summer, and might then resort to the displays that had a fair number of supporters wishing they would leave before. Or maybe the fitness regime Iain Dowie has introduced is really reaping dividends?
We've failed our first big test, away at Birmingham City, though there are far more reasons to be cheerful than there probably would have been had MA still been in charge! (Despite the claims by himself that he could have turned things round).
Some have said the international break might have been a reason for defeat to Birmingham, with the momentum gained with six decent results stopped by almost two weeks of inactivity. A few serious training sessions will hopefully get that loss out of the players system!
With Derby away, and West Brom at home still to come, as well as QPR and Burnley still to play, we might not have anything except pride to play for (And possibly potential season ticket sales!), but we could have a fairly big say in say in who goes up and who goes down!
The Derby and WBA games should provide a bigger clue to as to just how far we've come in a short period of time, and possibly whether we've merely enjoyed the seemingly compulsory 'honeymoon period'. The game that could decide Burnley's fate on the last day of the season should also be a tough challenge, as they surely cannot continue their free-fall?
On the pitch, we're finally seeing performances from some players that we always knew they were capable of....
Jay Tabb finally scored his first goal for the club, closely followed by his second(!), while Dele Adebola has suddenly started scoring goals regularly (Four in six games!). And Stephen Hughes has finally started playing how we know he can (But rarely does), while Michael Mifsud is injecting some much needed pace into the side.
And, in defence, unsung hero Colin Hawkins has put in some hugely impressive displays. Maybe we shouldn't have let him go all those years ago, as keeping him might have seen us release others, who weren't up to the job, far sooner!
The only problem with Hughes and Adebola suddenly impressing is that they might yet still be here after the summer, and might then resort to the displays that had a fair number of supporters wishing they would leave before. Or maybe the fitness regime Iain Dowie has introduced is really reaping dividends?
We've failed our first big test, away at Birmingham City, though there are far more reasons to be cheerful than there probably would have been had MA still been in charge! (Despite the claims by himself that he could have turned things round).
Some have said the international break might have been a reason for defeat to Birmingham, with the momentum gained with six decent results stopped by almost two weeks of inactivity. A few serious training sessions will hopefully get that loss out of the players system!
With Derby away, and West Brom at home still to come, as well as QPR and Burnley still to play, we might not have anything except pride to play for (And possibly potential season ticket sales!), but we could have a fairly big say in say in who goes up and who goes down!
The Derby and WBA games should provide a bigger clue to as to just how far we've come in a short period of time, and possibly whether we've merely enjoyed the seemingly compulsory 'honeymoon period'. The game that could decide Burnley's fate on the last day of the season should also be a tough challenge, as they surely cannot continue their free-fall?
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